Ukraine war: Russian elites must accept invasion was a mistake for war to end fairly, Polish foreign minister Sikorski says
Ukraine war: Russian elites must accept invasion was a mistake for war to end fairly, Polish foreign minister Sikorski says
Sikorski: War will end fairly when Russian elites accept invasion was a mistake
cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/6492077
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“We will get a fair solution only once Russian elites have concluded that the original invasion was a mistake and that the aim of rebuilding the Russian empire is unachievable,” Poland’s foreign minister Radosław Sikorski [said], warning Western partners against seeking quick compromises that could leave Ukraine vulnerable to renewed aggression.
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The foreign minister warned against repeating past diplomatic failures, pointing to the Minsk agreements that followed Russia’s earlier aggression against Ukraine in 2014. Those deals, he said, were negotiated over the heads of Central and Eastern European countries and failed to prevent a full-scale invasion in 2022.
“We don’t need a Minsk three,” Sikorski said. Any settlement, he added, must leave Ukraine with defensible borders and the freedom to integrate with the European Union. “Otherwise, it’s just kicking the can down the road.”
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